The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The State Government has approved Rs1.83 crore for implementing tap water projects in four villages of Bilaspur district under National Rural Drinking Water Programme. The approval had been provided for the action plan under financial year 2014-15. Notably, Chhattisgarh has been ranked first in the country for providing domestic water …
Drinking water is being supplied in tankers to 700 villages in seven districts to mitigate drinking water shortage, Revenue Minister V Sreenivas Prasad informed the Legislative Assembly on Monday. Replying to a discussion on drinking water shortage in several pockets of the State, the minister said the government had released …
The status on rural water supply was shared as Bhutan observed the World Water Day Water: About 13,732 rural households across the country are facing drinking water problem, according to a rural water supply inventory, 2014 that the public health and engineering division (PHED) conducted. Chief engineer Rinchen Wangdi presented …
The European Union and the Cross River State government are to spend N480 million on the provision of potable water in 20 rural communities of the state. The Institutional Expert, Cross River Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme (WSSSRP) 11, Adebayo Alao, made the disclosure on Sunday in Calabar …
KALABURAGI: The state government has reconstituted rural water supply task force committees involving more public representatives at the Assembly constituency level to tackle the drinking water crisis during summer, according to highly-placed sources in the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department. The sources said circulars have been sent to all …
The Center today launched a National Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Awareness Week at Village Kankrola-Bhanglora of Gurgaon District in Haryana. The week long campaign inaugurated by Shri Birender Singh, Union Minister for Rural Development , Drinking Water and Sanitation and Panchayati Raj will conclude at Kohima, Nagaland on 22nd …
Agartala, March 15: Despite declining sanction of funds from the Centre, Tripura is all set to emerge as the best implementing state of MGNREGA scheme. Disclosing this to reporters, minister for rural development Naresh Jamatya said up to March 13 in the current financial year Tripura had succeeded in creating …
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has submitted a `5,019 crore proposal to the government for supply of drinking water to 110 villages in Greater Bengaluru. The detailed project report (DPR), ‘Water Supply and Underground Drainage System’, envisages supply of 400 million litres of water per day (MLD) …
Underground water level average recorded at 550 feet The underground water levels have reached record lows, raising fears of a severe water crisis in the district. One of the major causes for the depletion in underground water, according to officials, is the reduction in annual rainfall and exploitation of water …
Dodoma — AS of December, last year, the government had completed 498 water projects in the country under the Big Results Now (BRN) programme, Water Deputy Minister, Mr Amos Makalla, said on Monday. As a result, about 4.9 million people were now accessing water services under the progarmme. Mr Makalla …
The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation will launch a Nationwide Real Time Monitoring of use of toilets from January 2015. The Monitoring System will be unveiled to give a big push to Swachh Bharat Mission, which aims at attaining a 100% Open Defecation Free India by 2019. People across …
The study analysed that water pollution and water borne diseases. Water is one of the most important natural resources for all living organisms. Water pollution is a serious threat around the globe. Water pollution is generally referred to contamination of natural water resources. Man has polluted much of this limited …
The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has been providing financial and technical assistance to the State Governments in realizing the objectives of safe portal drinking water and open defecation free rural India. With the Launch of the `Swachh Bharat Mission' by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India on 2nd …
COMPLETION of a water project worth 186m/- will assist residents of Namkongo village who have had to walk long distance to fetch water from wells in neighbouring villages. Speaking after unveiling the water project, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Secretary General, Mr Abdulrahman Kinana, said the project was part of …
The water in Mahikeng in the North West is safe to consume, says the provincial head of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Chadwick Lobakeng. "We have taken three samples in Mahikeng and upon analysis they were found to be of acceptable standard according to blue drop requirements," Lobakeng said. …
Physicochemical investigation of water from public water supply schemes was carried out with the objective of assessing its potabiliy for drinking purpose. It was observed that, lowest BOD value of 5.3 mg/L and highest BOD value of 8.1 mg/L where as the lowest COD of 75.3 mg/L and highest COD …
Planning for drinking water security in the Gram Panchayat, which includes measures for conservation, protection and augmentation of sources, quality surveillance and operations and maintenance, would help overcome drinking water scarcity and improve the health status of the people. By ensuring safe drinking water availability and supply to households and …
